Field update:
Alabama (2/1/0)
Auburn (1/1/many)
Bevill State (1/2/1)
Clemson (2/2/2)
Florida (4/2/0 [nice])
Georgia Tech (1/1/0)
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- Thu Dec 19, 2019 5:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Winter Tournament (MWT) @ Auburn- 1/18/20
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3439
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 66
- Views: 14498
Re: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion
A bit late, but I felt pretty hosed by buzzing in on the Flann O'Brien tossup on the clue about Jem Casey and saying Steinbeck (due to Grapes of Wrath) and being negged. Obviously the prior clues rule out Steinbeck, but I clearly did not know them.
- Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324506
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#15 Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me vs. Playboi Carti - Magnolia Here's a good chance for me to complain that maad city was chosen as Kendrick's entry for this tournament. I realize its his most popular song, but I think for someone who's produced as much conscious rap this decad...
- Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324506
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#15 Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me vs. Playboi Carti - Magnolia Here's a good chance for me to complain that maad city was chosen as Kendrick's entry for this tournament. I realize its his most popular song, but I think for someone who's produced as much conscious rap this decad...
- Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:39 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324506
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#15 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream vs. St. Vincent - Cruel Hadn't heard the St. Vincent song before, it was okay. Teenage Dream is a super good pop song. #15 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy vs. A Tribe Called Quest - We the People…. This one was pretty easy; I'm not the biggest Tribe fan but this song is clear...
- Fri Nov 29, 2019 4:49 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 66
- Views: 14498
Re: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion
A small nit to pick: in the bonus about Art history textbooks, Michael Cothren should also be credited as one of the authors of Art History.
- Thu Nov 14, 2019 6:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Fall Open
- Replies: 11
- Views: 908
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Fall Open
Gene Harrogate wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:17 pmDerek So today: "What even is Fall Open".100% Clean Comedian Dan Nainan wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:23 am Laurie/West:
Caleb Kendrick
Alston Boyd
Derek So
Team: Rob Carson
Alt: William Golden
- Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Winter Tournament (MWT) @ Auburn- 1/18/20
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3439
Michigan Winter Tournament (MWT) @ Auburn- 1/18/20
I am pleased to announce that Auburn University will be hosting the Southeast mirror of the Michigan Winter Tournament on Saturday, January 18, 2020. The tournament will be hosted on the Auburn University campus in the Haley Center (351 W Thach Concourse, Auburn, AL 36849). This is a closed tourname...
- Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:23 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Fall Open
- Replies: 11
- Views: 908
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Fall Open
Laurie/West:
Caleb Kendrick
Alston Boyd
Derek So
Team: Rob Carson
Alt: William Golden
Caleb Kendrick
Alston Boyd
Derek So
Team: Rob Carson
Alt: William Golden
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 1:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14945
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
I played on a team who submitted a packet that wasn't used (Purdue B), and heard some of my clues used nearly word-for-word in other packets, often very early in tossups I would not normally be able to get since they'd normally be well outside my categories. This strikes me as something that should...
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7321
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP: Aseem Keyal
ADD: Rob Carson
ADD: Rob Carson
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7321
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP: Mazin Omer
ADD: Aseem Keyal
ADD: Aseem Keyal
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7321
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP: Darren Petrosino
ADD: Minnesota A
ADD: Minnesota A
- Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
- Replies: 12
- Views: 926
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
For Laurie/West:
Sharath Narayan
Mazin Omer
Nitin Rao
Oxford A
Alt: Darren Petrosino
Sharath Narayan
Mazin Omer
Nitin Rao
Oxford A
Alt: Darren Petrosino
- Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7321
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
For me/Emmett:
ADD: Mazin Omer
DROP: Thomas Gioia
ADD: Darren Petrosino
DROP: Will Nediger
ADD: Mazin Omer
DROP: Thomas Gioia
ADD: Darren Petrosino
DROP: Will Nediger
- Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7321
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
Me/Emmett already had Sharathjdpasspawn wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:56 pm ADD: Sharath Narayan
Drop: Ganon Evans (or did we ever have him?)
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10497
Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread
1: This Achebe tossup seems really hard, and seems reasonably likely to get frauded at "Obi," though perhaps I'm wrong and people actually read his short stories. By the time "Obi" is dropped (which is also a well-known clue, given that he's the protagonist of one of Achebe's mo...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10497
Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread
Some round-by-round feedback on the 10 packets I played: 1: This Achebe tossup seems really hard, and seems reasonably likely to get frauded at "Obi," though perhaps I'm wrong and people actually read his short stories. Jim was a good deep cut. Both teams agreed that the giveaway to the Tu...
- Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - General Discussion Thread
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3678
Re: General Discussion Thread
I plan on giving feedback on all of the rounds I played when I get a chance, but I wanted to say for now that the clueing in the lit tossups felt too hard at times, generally about once per round. Examples off of the top of my head include the tossup on Achebe, which clued mostly from his short fic,...
- Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 PennBowl Tournament @Auburn - 10/26/19
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4056
Re: 2019 PennBowl Tournament @Auburn - 10/26/19
This tournament happened. We had a 6 team field, so we ran a double RR. Georgia Tech A cleared the field, going 10-0, so there was no final. I hope all teams had a good time!
Stats can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6 ... /complete/.
Stats can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6 ... /complete/.
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 11:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: What's the State of the College Game?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7343
Re: What's the State of the College Game?
I can't say I'm distressed by the state of college quizbowl in the southeast or south Atlantic (the two circuits I guess South Carolina is part of). It seems about as healthy as usual, probably more so. Not as robust as some regions, but plenty of teams playing and stuff. Fall novice at GT seemed l...
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 6:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals Global Announcement: January 25, 2020
- Replies: 31
- Views: 20596
Re: ACF Regionals Global Announcement: January 25, 2020
Is opera part of classical music or other arts for this tournament?
- Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 EFT - Tougher Answers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 802
Re: Tougher Answers
While I think the Alice Munro tossup was fine, it did seem quite difficult to power, so perhaps the earlier clues could be made easier or the powermark could go longer. She's also quite prolific so I could seeing her being an author that's hard to pin down and figure out which stories can be used as...
- Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 EFT - Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7619
Re: Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Thanks for interacting with my feedback, Will and Jakob! To elaborate a little more on a few of my points: bildungsroman felt fraudable in the sense that I couldn't think of any other possible "specific term required" literary genres, especially considering the question makes it pretty cle...
- Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 EFT - Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7619
Re: Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Some feedback, by packet, with some more general feedback weaved in: P1: witch doctors was a cool idea, even if I didn't know any of the clues really. I also really enjoyed getting Johnny Cash points from the prisons tu. The IBM tossup felt like it had a pretty long powermark, as it becomes pretty e...
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 3:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7321
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP Ganon Evans
ADD Sharath Narayan
ADD Sharath Narayan
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 EFT - Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7619
Re: Specific Question Discussion and Errata
I believe the "stone" TU in packet 12 should accept rock as the churches in Lalibela are often referred to as "rock-hewn." I know I learned about them using that language in an intro art history class, at least.
- Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 EFT - Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7619
Re: Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Just chiming in to say that Keith Haring seemed fine to me, and I edited a bonus themed around him for last year's WHAQ
- Sun Oct 06, 2019 8:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 EFT - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3580
Re: Thanks and General Discussion
Thanks for all of the writers and editors for their hard work on this set. I thought it was quite good, and definitely one of the better sets I've played. I also plan to go through all of the twelve packets we played at our site and give feedback where I'm able (lit, vis art, some history), which I'...
- Mon Sep 30, 2019 11:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) @ Auburn (10/5/19)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4699
Re: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) @ Auburn (10/5/19)
A copy of the logistics email I just sent out: Hello all, If you're receiving this email, that means you've registered one or more teams to participate in EFT @ Auburn this Saturday. If that's no longer the case, or if the number of teams/buzzers/etc you're bringing has changed, please let me know A...
- Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7321
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
You get the team that you played. If you played "Texas A" and they are outperformed by "Texas B" you still get "Texas A"s points. If no "Texas A" plays, then you get no points. So, if Chicago labeled their top 3 teams for a tournament X, Y, and Z, fantasy tea...
- Sun Sep 29, 2019 9:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7321
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
For the teams section, when teams decide to split into "even" teams (such as Texas at EFT), will fantasy teams which start a school's A team (for a school that doesn't have a nationally relevant B team, so I guess Chicago and some others are exceptions to this) be awarded points for "...
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 3:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: EFT
- Replies: 11
- Views: 969
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: EFT
Laurie/West:
Caleb Kendrick
William Golden
Nitin Rao
Texas A
Alt: Thomas Gioia
Caleb Kendrick
William Golden
Nitin Rao
Texas A
Alt: Thomas Gioia
- Sun Sep 22, 2019 7:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) @ Auburn (10/5/19)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4699
Re: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) @ Auburn (10/5/19)
An update: we are nearing our field cap of 12, so get those registrations in! I expect we should be able to expand up to a final field cap of 16 teams, but I need to confirm a few additional staffers first.
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) @ Auburn (10/5/19)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4699
Re: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) @ Auburn (10/5/19)
Field update (teams/buzzers/staffers):
Alabama (3/1/0)
Auburn (2/1/many)
Emory (1/0/2)
Georgia (2/2/0)
Georgia Tech (1/2/0)
Vanderbilt (3/1/0)
Alabama (3/1/0)
Auburn (2/1/many)
Emory (1/0/2)
Georgia (2/2/0)
Georgia Tech (1/2/0)
Vanderbilt (3/1/0)
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 2:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) @ Auburn (10/5/19)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4699
Early Fall Tournament (EFT) @ Auburn (10/5/19)
I am pleased to announce that Auburn University will be hosting the Southeast mirror of the Early Fall Tournament on Saturday, October 5, 2019. The tournament will be hosted on the Auburn University campus in the Haley Center (351 W Thach Concourse, Auburn, AL 36849). This is a closed tournament, bu...
- Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:37 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: Restarting the Mississippi State Quiz Bowl Team
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9868
Re: Restarting the Mississippi State Quiz Bowl Team
Both Chris and Matt have given excellent advice and I don't have a lot to add, but I'll just note that I go to Auburn and am plugged into the Southeastern circuit pretty well, and I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about the circuit! We tend to host 1-2 college tournaments per semes...
- Mon May 13, 2019 12:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Alabama 2018-2019
- Replies: 94
- Views: 43509
Re: Alabama 2018-2019
This year's Liberty team was incredibly impressive, and I was ecstatic to be able to watch an Alabama team in the afternoon rounds. I knew they were good coming in, but I certainly wasn't plugged in enough to know they were that good. They seemed especially strong on history, with strong lit and sci...
- Sat May 11, 2019 2:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: No Banter Please @ MSNCT Saturday Night (5/11/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6537
Re: No Banter Please @ MSNCT Saturday Night (5/11/19)
Let’s aim to meet at the same place and organize things at 8:00 tonight.
- Fri May 10, 2019 10:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: No Banter Please @ MSNCT Saturday Night (5/11/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6537
Re: No Banter Please @ MSNCT Saturday Night (5/11/19)
Some of the (unfinished) packets will be played tonight at 10:00 PM. We can meet in the lower level conference center area by the scrimmage check in. We can meet and find a room from there.
- Fri May 10, 2019 5:41 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: 2019 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Hunter!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13235
Re: 2019 NAQT MSNCT: May 11-12, Chicago
I'm running a mirror of No Banter Please, a trash tournament by Erik Christensen and co., tomorrow (Saturday) night after play has concluded. More information can be found in this thread: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22691&p=358091#p358091 . Players and coaches are w...
- Fri May 10, 2019 5:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: No Banter Please @ MSNCT Saturday Night (5/11/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6537
Re: No Banter Please @ MSNCT Saturday Night (5/11/19)
Here's a team formation spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14MP7G2MOTuZqfAjjyWEa-GvPTs5jv03VjX9W5jpzpV0/edit?usp=sharing . I added names of people who already posted in this thread. If there's enough interest we could shootout some of the "extra" packets tonight; we can fi...
- Fri May 10, 2019 12:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: No Banter Please @ MSNCT Saturday Night (5/11/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6537
Re: No Banter Please @ MSNCT Saturday Night (5/11/19)
Post in this thread if you’re interested so I can get a rough idea of how many people to expect.
- Fri May 10, 2019 12:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: No Banter Please @ MSNCT Saturday Night (5/11/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6537
No Banter Please @ MSNCT Saturday Night (5/11/19)
I’m pleased to organize a last minute mirror of No Banter Please, a trash tournament written by Erik Christensen & co., for Saturday night at MSNCT (5/11/19). It should be noted that this event is in no way affiliated with or sanctioned by NAQT and has nothing to do with the MSNCT. I haven’t ful...
- Thu May 02, 2019 3:59 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Florida Circuit Player Poll
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11293
Re: 2019 Florida Circuit Player Poll
Since most of Auburn A is eligible for this poll (Me/Jared/Zach all played PB + Spartan), I'd like to take a second to shout out my teammates. Garrett is excellent at history but is ineligible for this poll. He basically only buzzes on history + Geo/CE and Astro/geology, and usually clears 20 PPG (2...
- Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content
- Replies: 90
- Views: 48093
Re: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion
My approaches to visual arts and biology have been detailed elsewhere, but I'd like to elaborate upon my approaches to my most interesting and novel assignments: Geography, Current Events, and Other Academic. I have more thoughts about the tournament as a whole that I might share later, but I just ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2548
Re: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion
I thought the tossup on "Rudy Tomjanovich" could have been made both more interesting and more accessible by being written on "fighting (in the NBA)." The Tomjanovich question primarily used clues from the 70s in the NBA, and a question on fighting could easily be clued entirely ...
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 12:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Finals: ACF Nationals
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1501
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Semifinals: ICT
Caleb Kendrick
Eric Xu
Mike Etzkorn
Florida A
Eric Xu
Mike Etzkorn
Florida A
- Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: [CANCELLED] Fight the Power Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10117
Re: Fight the Power Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
Are there any updates on this such as confirmation it will be ready and what time at HSNCT you're hoping to read it (would personally prefer it not conflict with META but that's just me)?
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DII Midseason Poll
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9850
Re: DII Midseason Poll
Contrary to what was stated in the podcast, Georgia Tech's D2 ICT team will be composed of myself, Akaash and Varun (from Northview), and Jake. Good analysis on the podcast! This team is really good (and probably underrated in this poll--- their PPB at Regs is comparable to many of the teams in the...